Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.18
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6.18.1
ततो मुहूर्तात्तुमुलः शब्दो हृदयकम्पनः ।
अश्रूयत महाराज योधानां प्रयुयुत्सताम् ॥ ६.१८.१ ॥
Then after a moment a tumultuous sound that made the heart tremble was heard, O great king, from the warriors eager to fight.
6.18.2
शङ्खदुन्दुभिघोषैश्च वारणानां च बृंहितैः ।
नोमिघोषै रथानां च दीर्यतीव वसुन्धरा ॥ ६.१८.२ ॥
With the roar of conches and kettledrums, the trumpeting of elephants and the rumble of chariot-wheels, the earth seemed to be splitting open.
6.18.3
हयानां हेषमाणानां योधानां चैव गर्जताम् ।
क्षणेनैव नभो भूमिः शब्देनापूरितं तदा ॥ ६.१८.३ ॥
In an instant, with the neighing of horses and the roaring of warriors, the sky and the earth were filled with that sound.
6.18.4
पुत्राणां तव दुर्धर्ष पाण्डवानां तथैव च ।
समकम्पन्त सैन्यानि परस्परसमागमे ॥ ६.१८.४ ॥
O unassailable one, the armies of your sons and likewise of the Pāṇḍavas all trembled together at their meeting.
6.18.5
तत्र नागा रथाश्चैव जाम्बूनदविभूषिताः ।
भ्राजमाना व्यदृश्यन्त मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥ ६.१८.५ ॥
There elephants and chariots adorned with gold were seen shining, like clouds with lightning.
6.18.6
ध्वजा बहुविधाकारास्तावकानां नराधिप ।
काञ्चनाङ्गदिनो रेजुर्ज्वलिता इव पावकाः ॥ ६.१८.६ ॥
O lord of men, the banners of your warriors, of many forms, bearing golden armlets, shone like blazing fires.
6.18.7
स्वेषां चैव परेषां च समदृश्यन्त भारत ।
महेन्द्रकेतवः शुभ्रा महेन्द्रसदनेष्विव ॥ ६.१८.७ ॥
O Bhārata, both our own and the enemy's white banners, like Indra's banners, were seen alike, as if in Indra's mansions.
6.18.8
काञ्चनैः कवचैर्वीरा ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभैः ।
सन्नद्धाः समदृश्यन्त ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभाः ॥ ६.१८.८ ॥
The heroes in golden armor, bright as fire and the sun, arrayed and armored, were seen alike, with the splendor of fire and the sun.
6.18.9
कुरुयोधवरा राजन्विचित्रायुधकार्मुकाः ।
उद्यतैरायुथैश्चित्रैस्तलबद्धाः पताकिनः ॥ ६.१८.९ ॥
O king, the best of the Kuru warriors, with variegated weapons and bows, with raised variegated arms, bound with wrist-guards, and bannered.
6.18.10
ऋषभाक्षा महेष्वासाश्चमूमुखगता बभुः ।
पृष्ठगोपास्तु भीष्मस्य पुत्रास्तव नराधिप ।
दुःशासनो दुर्विषहो दुर्मुखो दुःसहस्तथा ॥ ६.१८.१० ॥
The bull-eyed great archers, having gone to the front of the army, shone. O lord of men, your sons who guarded the rear of Bhīṣma—Duḥśāsana, Durviṣaha, Durmukha and Duḥsaha—were likewise there.
6.18.11
विविंशतिश्चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च महारथः ।
सत्यव्रतः पुरुमित्रो जयो भूरिश्रवाः शलः ॥ ६.१८.११ ॥
Vivinśati, Citrasena, the great charioteer Vikarṇa, Satyavrata, Purumitra, Jaya, Bhūriśravā and Śala.
6.18.12
रथा विंशतिसाहस्रास्तथैषामनुयायिनः ।
अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिबयोऽथ वसातयः ॥ ६.१८.१२ ॥
Their followers, twenty thousand chariots likewise; the Abhīṣāhas, the Śūrasenas, the Śibis and the Vasātis (were there too).
6.18.13
शाल्वा मत्स्यास्तथाम्बष्ठास्त्रैगर्ताः केकयास्तथा ।
सौवीराः कैतवाः प्राच्याः प्रतीच्येदीच्यवासिनः ॥ ६.१८.१३ ॥
The Śālvas, Matsyas, Ambaṣṭhas and Trigartas, and the Kekayas, Sauvīras, Kaitavas, and the dwellers of the east, the west and the north.
6.18.14
द्वादशैते जनपदाः सर्वे शूरास्तनुत्यजः ।
महता रथवंशेन ते ररक्षुः पितामहम् ॥ ६.१८.१४ ॥
These twelve realms, all heroes ready to give up their bodies, protected the grandsire with a great array of chariots.
6.18.15
अनीकं दशसाहस्रं कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम् ।
मागधो यत्र नृपतिस्तद्रथानीकमन्वयात् ॥ ६.१८.१५ ॥
There was a division of ten thousand swift elephants; where the king of Magadha was, it followed that chariot division.
6.18.16
रथानां चक्ररक्षाश्च पादरक्षाश्च दन्तिनाम् ।
अभवन्वाहिनीमध्ये शतानामयुतानि षट् ॥ ६.१८.१६ ॥
Wheel-guards of the chariots and foot-guards of the elephants were in the midst of the army: six ayutas of hundreds.
6.18.17
पादाताश्चाग्रतो गच्छन्धनुश्चर्मासिपाणयः ।
अनेकशतसाहस्रा नखरप्रासयोधिनः ॥ ६.१८.१७ ॥
Foot soldiers went in front, with bows, shields and swords in hand, many hundreds of thousands of fighters armed with claws and javelins.
6.18.18
अक्षौहिण्यो दशैका च तव पुत्रस्य भारत ।
अदृश्यत महाराज गङ्गेव यमुनान्तरा ॥ ६.१८.१८ ॥
Eleven akṣauhiṇī divisions of your son, O Bhārata, were seen, O great king, like the Gaṅgā between the Yamunā.